Finally: 2017 is officially the year of Linux on the Desktop

It seems 2017 is the year of Linux on the desktop after all, as the Windows Subsystem for Linux exits beta and becomes a fully supported component of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

Announcing it in a blog post, Microsoft notes the system is now suitable and supported as a day-to-day developer toolset, to be used for building, testing, deploying, and managing your apps and systems on the Windows 10 OS.

The change does not bring dramatic changes to the software, but now being fully supported, users are able to file issues on WSL and its Windows tooling via Microsoft’s normal support mechanisms. Feedback is also available via the Windows 10 Feedback Hub app.

The tool is supported for:

Run Linux Command-line tools for development and (basic) administration